Jesus christ, music doesn't get much better than this. Chronic Town + Murmur = goddamn amazing.

aside from earth day, this week of april in american history is quite grim. look into it if you are interested, but i find the best way to go through life is to be most attentive and present in the present.

this morning, thirty-three human beings died at virginia tech university as part of a murder suicide. as of this evening, another fifteen are recovering from gunshot wounds. an undetermined number of individuals were injured as a result of jumping from the upper stories of university buildings to escape the violence.

low's "drums and guns" is making a beautifully…

Top 10 Artists Played for week of March 4 - March 11.

The Allman Brothers Band
Notorious B.I.G.
Nirvana
Joy Division
MF DOOM
Sun Kil Moon
Gillian Welch
Elliott Smith
The Clash
Broken Social Scene

Lets see…2 of the Allmans were killed in motorcycle crashes and Biggie was shot and killed. The frontmen of Nirvana and Joy Division as well as Elliott Smith all committed suicide. i must have been in a "yea death" mindset last week for whatever reason.

*Is my last day of being 21 years old.

*Is the best date for new releases in god knows how long. Just look at this list:

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With The Living
and the mother of them all…
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Just grabbed the leaks of Ted Leo and Modest Mouse (will buy them of course), but I felt a bit entitled since I just dropped loot on concert tickets for both groups. Anyhow, March…

I've always felt this band was vastly overrated. I still think they're overrated, but I've come to the conclusion that I like them significantly more when I'm drinking / drunk. That's all.

Drive-By Truckers - Hell No, I Ain't Happy
Red House Painters - Katy Song

Judging from the title of the DBTs song and the nature of RHP's music in general, it might be thought that I'm horribly depressed. I'm acutally quite well, I think it's just this damn Olympia rain.

Here it is…lemme know if you need any of these songs to make it yourself.

Side A
Kanye West - Touch The Sky
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
Sleater-Kinney - The Fox
Stephen Malkmus - It Kills
Beck - Girl
Common - Faithful
Broken Social Scene - 7/4(Shoreline)
Cage - Grand Ol' Party Crash
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Side B
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
My Morning Jacket - Off The Record
Dangerdoom - A.T.H.F. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
The White Stripes - I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)…

2005 proved to be an active concert season for this boy. Didn’t see quite as many jambands as I have in years past (say what you will about ‘em, their shows are nothing but fun and good tunes), but the only ramification of that factor was that I was generally out of shows a little earlier than usual.

5. The Shins @ The Orange Peel: Asheville, NC
4.29.05

I was introduced to Asheville’s now legendary live music scene through the life changing indie pop of the Shins. While Natalie Portman wasn’t present, the southern belles, excellent microbrews and comfortable atmosphere…

Music is something I will never tire of but I swear, this past week I feel like certain artists and albums have failed to captivate me as much has they did even 2 months ago. For example….

Saw Iron and Wine and Calexico this past weekend. The "In The Reins" stuff was excellent but I found Sam Beam's solo set to be a little bland. Granted it's damn hard to make shows interesting when it's mainly just you and an acoustic guitar, and it wasn't a bad set by any means, I just wasn't in love like I usually am…

2005 records I've Heard: (Current Grades Subject To Change):

The Game - The Documentary C-
Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak C+
Blueprint - 1988 B-
The Decemberists - Picaresque B-
Beck - Guero A-
Spoon - Gimme Fiction A-
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (Reissue) A
Common - Be A
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth B-
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan A
R. Kelly - TP.3 Reloaded B-
Los Osos Scandalosos - Patterns Of Matter B+
Kanye West - Late Registration B
Sigur Ros - Takk… B+
Iron & Wine /…